Fashion Historian Fact Checks HBO's The Gilded Age | Glamour

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  @nsangbird · 3 years ago

  What I particularly love about this series is that the costumers weren't afraid to have characters wear clothes twice, which felt much more accurate

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• MA

  @maxinezook3835 · 3 years ago (edited)

  It really showed how angry Agnes was when she crossed the street at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OUFuXUKGm8&amp;t=392">6:32</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Despite going outdoors she did not bother putting on her hat &amp; gloves first, she just stomped right out!

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• ST

  @StefaniBanhete · 2 years ago

  I cried tears of joy when I saw the women wearing chemises under their corsets! That&apos;a such a small detail, but so important for accuracy!

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• CO

  @cookiessprite · 3 years ago

  I love it when costume designers use existing garments in museums as a template. &nbsp;It&apos;s so interesting to see the pieces worn on an actual person, in a context similar to the one they might have been worn in originally.

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• PA

  @pablojoelaban363 · 3 years ago

  This is what the met gala should have looked like

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• SP

  @SpadeFungi · 2 years ago (edited)

  A breakdown of Peggy&apos;s outfits would have been interesting too especially with the emancipation and emerging black middle class. How different were African American clothing to that of white Americans

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• GA

  @gaphic · 3 years ago

  Purses weren’t just because women were ‘more autonomous’- women had always had their own ways to carry things! 17th century ladies pockets could be big enough to carry a whole chicken, and dresses still often had pockets in this period, although the fashions at the time meant they couldn’t be as big or in the same places<br>Also the corset was not just for silhouette, it was also to support the weight of the skirts/bustle/crinoline/petticoat! Having all of that weight resting on your bare hips would be quite painful

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• SA

  @saralist1200 · 2 years ago

  I love how women are “required” to wear stockings. &nbsp;They didn’t have socks and wearing leather boots with no stockings would have led to blisters and been smelly. &nbsp;People back then weren’t idiots. &nbsp;The stockings had a lot of practically in an age without elastic socks. &nbsp;Also, the boots weren’t to hide your ankles. &nbsp;The stockings that “the patriarchy forced them to wear” would have already done that. &nbsp;They supported the ankles and were fashionable. &nbsp; Not everything women did was because they were forced to do so. &nbsp;High necklines for day kept the sun off your chest at a time when pale skin with no tan lines was a mark of wealth and since you couldn’t put on make up to hide a tan, you just plain old avoided getting a tan. &nbsp;Yes they had parasols but the sun will bounce off of light objects and you can still get a tan if you’re outdoors especially if you are very fair (ask anyone who skis). &nbsp;So it makes sense that your day dress covered everything but your face and hands. &nbsp;There was no sunscreen.

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  @PhoebeDelaney-h6n · 3 years ago

  This is what the met gala should have looked like. This is what the met gala should have looked like.

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• JA

  @jadelee6555 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Also it&apos;s good to keep in mind the &quot;old money&quot; folk had attire in the more traditional English style, whereas the &quot;new money&quot; aesthetic was more French.

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• CA

  @carielle75 · 3 years ago

  Visually this show was like Lucy and Ethel at the candy factory for me. &nbsp;My eyes could NOT keep up with every treat they threw at us.

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• FO

  @fosterfuchs · 3 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve been watching The Gilded Age alongside 1883. &nbsp;The contrasts are astounding. &nbsp;Not just the difference between the rich and the poor.. &nbsp;That existed in New York City alone. &nbsp;But the comparison of &quot;civilized&quot; New York versus the frontier towns, and especially the wilderness beyond.

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